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      THE NORTHERN STAR . , _„ February 10 , 1849 . = . . — - *> ¦¦ ri "" _" ¦ ¦ " ii

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      Moktatirr Ix Loxnox.—The Number Of Death...

      _MoKTAtirr ix _Loxnox . —The number of deaths rcnstercd in London durin- * thc week , ending Saturday last , February 3 rd , was 1 , 137 , the average hcinir " l , lG 9 . The Rcristrar-gcnernl says that the morwlitv of London , which was excessive in the second week of January , has continuously declined from that tune , as shown by the returns of the last tbree weeks . Tfae 1 , 137 deaths in the present return are less than the average by 32 , notwithstanding the epidemic diss of diseases continue to be unusually fatal , and even show a small increase on the former week , arising from hooping cough and diarrliaMi . To the latter disease and dysentery are ascribed Si deaths , or 29 more thaa usual jit this se . i' _-on : while _hooping couirh carried off 73

      children , or 31 more than the average . The deaths from cholera were 37 . or nearly _thS weekly number throudiout thc month of December before the sud-• pen outbreak ofthe disease iu Surrey Hall , lhe _decrease of mortality is found iu the class of diseases of thc respiratory organs piieunionia and bronchitis numbering 1 « 3 instead of IM . From phthisis or consumption there were 11 C deaths , the -wceklv average being 148 . Mr . Scagravc states , with _regard to a narrow court , Devonshire-place , St . Man * _Xcwiugton , where four deaths of young « liildrcn ' had occurred about thc same time hi nearly ¦ continuous houses , that " it is only eight feet wide , and situated on thc bank of an open sewer , which overflows after sudden and heavy rain into these

      and surrounding houses . " Air . Hall also mentions a house where a girl had died of fever , So . 19 , Upper Edmund-street , King's-cross , near thc gas-work . It contains six rooms ( cf which one is converted into a dust-bin ) , and is occupied by four families , or sixteen persons . Moreover , the front kitchen is used for au infant school , to whieh thirty children resort , and another school takes possession of a room built in thc back yard . A drain runs under the bouse , -whence effluvia arise of thc most offensive character , increased by the gas water . One or two other children are ill of the fever . At Holland Cottages , St . John thc Evangelist , Westminster , two boys in same house , aged respectively 3 aud 8 years , died of * " fehris and strumous cachexia , the result of

      defective drainage , " the former having been ill eight days , the latter a month , thc cause of death bemg certified in both cases by the medical attendant . A girl of 3 years was " poisoned by sucking lucifer matches , twenty-five in number , " and died on the third day . A woman of oi years died of " general phleboiis from a poisoned finger , followed by abortion , " after an illness of nine _^ lays . And tlie _followins- verdict was returned on a young man of 26 : — *« Died of acute bronehitis ( three days ) accelerated by thc severe cold during a journey at night from Liverpool , bv railway , ina van not sufficiently protected . " Ixq , i ; est on Mrs . Tibbs . —Mr . W . r . iyne , the coroner , resumed an inquest on Thursday week at St . George ' s workhouse , Mint-street , Southwark , on the body of Mrs . Georgiana Jane Tibbs , aged 24 , wife of Mr . Joseph Tibbs , a banker ' s clerk . Mr . Paget ,

      of St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , said he had made a _ _wst mortem examination of the body , and analysed the contents of the stomach , and found not thc slightest traces of any poison whatever , and he had irodoubt that the cause of death was typhus fever , as stated in the medical certificate . The coroner , in summing up thc evidence , said that nrobably he should not have held the inquest at all , for it was at all times painful to him to disturb a body in its last resting place , had he not _received a communication from the Home Office . He now thought the _ inquiry had terminated satisfactorily to all parties concerned . Thejury returned the following verdict : — * " That the deceased died from fever ; and thejury consider , from the evidence adduced , that there is * no doubt tliat was the cause of death ; and also that the deceased was invariably kindly treated hy her husband and his familv . ''

      Inquest . —Alleged Neglect op ax Idiot in St . Olave ' s Workhouse . —An inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , inthe vestry hall of St . John ' s , Horsleydown , on Friday week , respecting thc death of Ann Gardener , aged 34 , an idiot , who died in the workhouse of St . Olave ' s Union . —Mary Ann Ede -said that she was an inmate of St . Olave ' s workhouse . Deceased was taken ill about eight weeks ago , and was placed in the sick ward . Mr . Pettigrew , the surgeon , attended her . On the 12 th ult . witness was in the sick ward , when she saw the surgeon examine the deceased , and witness believed from his manner that he was disgusted at the dirty state she was in . Deceased having been long confined to her bed with fever , large " bed" sores

      presented themselves on her hips . Poultices were ordered , but instead of their being regularly changed at certain intervals , they were allowed to remain on for three or four days together , nntil the stench became offensive . Since her attack deceased had been unable to get in or out of bed ; she therefore -required constant attention . —Rebecca Russell , an inmate of the workhouse , confirmed the evidence of the previous witness . —Mary Pidge , from the sick ward , said her bed was immediately opposite that of deceased , who remained in bed for nearly a week -without being taken out or washed . Mr . Howard , the sursreon , came every day to the ward , and Mr . Pettigrew once a week . The stench was very bad , but Mr . Howard took no notice of it . When the

      deceased ' s bed was taken off the bedstead , the paint peeled off the iron work , and the steam arose just like it would from a . copper . —Mr . Pettigrew , surgeon to tlie workhouse , said that he never heard of any complaint being made against any of the nurses in the ward . The immediate cause of death was exhaustion from the bed sores . He had known of similar sores in the large hospitals . —On Tuesday the inquest was resumed at the vestry hall , Tooleystrcct , Southwark , when Mr . Payne stated that he had requested Mr . Paget , of Bartholomew ' s Hospital , to attend and give his opinion upon the whole ofthe evidence ofthe case . He thought this was the fairest mode of proceeding , since the only medical evidence they had had was that of Mr . Pettigrew , the surgeon to the union . —Mr . Paget said , in his evidence , tliat he did not think it would be

      fair to attribute the cause of death to the inattention spoken of , but , believing the whole of thc evidence of the case , he should say that death was certainly accelerated by the neglect on the part of the nurse . The actual cause of death was exhaustion , consequent upon" the bed sores . —It further appeared irom the evidence _' of Mrs . Woodbine , the matron , that Boland had no particular directions given to her about deceased , hut she , and in fact all the nurses , had every facility for keeping the patients clean . They had sheets , * & c . " , in their possession for that purpose . Thejury returned a verdict of " Natural death , " adding "that though they could not -make the girl responsible for the death of deceased , they thought the patients should be better attended to , and thatthe sick room should be more frequently visited bv the matron . "

      Alarmixg Cab Accident . —On Friday evening week the horse of a cab , which had been waiting at the entranceto Somerset nouse , having takenfright , dashed along the pavementat a furious rate towards Charing-cross . The driver was on the box , but the reins having been broken , he was unable to arrest the progress of the animal . The vehicle came violently in contact with the iron fencing of the Globe newspaper-office front , destroying a Tjortion of the glass , and damaging the grating whicn protects the top of the machine-room The cab then knocked down Mr . Serle , the dramatist , and seriously injured him . A youth , who was standing near the spot , was also knocked down , and the cab passed over his person . ; when taken up he was found to be

      bleeding , and insensible , and was conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital . The cab , after flying past the Sun _newspaper-office , ran against the shop-front of Mr . Stammers , the jeweller and silversmith , destroying the sashes _ari glass , and scattering the valuable contents of the window in all directions . Some person from Mr . Stammers' shop , . fearful , ¦ we suppose , for the plate , would not allow the wounded people even to lean against the shop front ; they were , however , most kindly received by the proprietor of the Cigar Divan , and every attention paid to them . A lady was thrown down , and her arm broken in two places . A little further on the cab was turned over by coming in contact with a lamppost . The severity ofthe concussion drove one of

      the shafts into the animal ' s breast , inflicting most frightful gashes and lacerations upon its shoulder , and the horse which was a fine , spirited animal , beino- thus rendered useless , was conveyed to a knacker ' s , and speedily placed out ofits miseries . We have not heard what became ofthe cabman . Deficienct of Parochial Memcal _Officers ik Lambeth . — On Saturday last , an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , at the Dolphin , Union-street , Lambeth-walk , touching the death of T . Waller , aged twenty-two , who , it was alleged , Lid diea from medical neglect whilst _labouring under an attack of cholera . - — Caroline Madden deposed that the deceased washer brother . About three weeks since he left his wife and child with a relative , for the purpose of going to Australia . He sold his property and started from the London Docks in the ship _Wellineton . for

      Liverpool , and when he reached that port deceased and others were so ill from the bad state of the vessel that the commander ordered ashore those who were sick . The deceased , on Sunday , the 2 Sth ult ., reached witness ' s house in a most weak condition . On Monday last the deceased awoke witness , and _teggedofher to fetch a Burgeon , as he feared he _^* s dying He had partaken of a few cockles for supper , but witness ate some and never felt any in'• _fcShT _« nce _* _TCtae _^ - * nt for Mr . Smyth , of _Lam--Sff , _^ _. ? nedtlie _wind _™ and said he 3 , t COme _i bHfc the _messenger waited for twentv _™^ V _£ i n 00 Iiecame out * _*** Person then ? _SmLriJr Th 01 I ! PS 0 n- _mother surgeon in the same _mrub _& _rt ° 5 eS 0 _? _*"_*** _* - Possible . _XfiXSfS ? _^ ° _?? ed and _Prescribed Whim , _- _-iS _* * 8 _' 1 * - _^^ s upper . Witness told him _S B * f _^ r _? - mA P _* _leased had been P ° - _^™ - Medicine _™* _SHDsequentlv procured the deceased vomited _veiy much , anddiajrlicea came

      Moktatirr Ix Loxnox.—The Number Of Death...

      on severely . At an early hour one of the _lodgers again went to Mr . Thompson ' s residence , but _tehad gone to sec a patient at Hlackheath . About eight o clock on the Tucsdav mornins Mr . Thompson , sen ., visited the deceased , and avtcr some harsh remarks told witness that , as she had no order , he could not send anv more medicine , nor could he attend without bem" - paid for it . Deceased was then in great _asrony . Ilis body was quite blue , his limbs were contracted , and Mr . Thompson never came near thc deceased a _^ ain , and in the evening deceased expired . Mr . Thompson refused to give a certificate without being paid 7 s . fid . for his trouble . —The summoning officer was directed to procure the attendance of Mr . Thompson , but he sent word that he should not -

      come to the inquest without being summoned , and added that the inquiry was quite unnecessary . —Mr . F . _Wagstaff , surgeon , said that he saw the deceased on Tuesday evening last ; hehad just expired as witness arrived . His countenance was livid , his features and limbs were contracted , as if he had died in great pain . Witness was of opinion that it was a decided case of cholera , no doubt resulting from eating raw cockles . Deceased ' s life might have been saved , if he had had proper and frequent medical relief . He ought not to have been _leftsomanyhourswithout _someassistance . Thejury agreed to the following special verdiet : — " That the deceased died from the effects of cholera , and we ( thejury ) request that thc coroner communicate the

      nature ot the case to the guardians of Lambeth , with a view of their making more extensive arrange _, ments for the appointment of medical officer * - , so as to afford prompt and immediate medical attention to the poor . " Detebmixed Suicide . —On Saturday last considerable sensation was created in Cheyne-walk , Chelsea , and its neighbourhood , in consequence of Mr . John Norton , the landlord of the Yorkshire Grey , committing suicide by shooting himself with a fowlingpiece . The deceased , who was about 35 years of age , was married , and has left a family of four young children . He had been landlord of thc above house for about eighteen months . It appears , that neither the landlord , his wife , nor the pot-boy , had been to bed the previous night : that a few minutes before

      five o clock , the deceased left his wife in her bedroom , and went down stairs , saying that he would shoot himself . He afterwards took down the gun , which was kept in the bar-parlour , loaded it with shot , and , having taken oh'his shoes , sat himself down in a chair , * placed the muzzle of tho gun beneath his chin , and pulled the trigger with the toes of his right foot . The pot-boy attempted to interfere , but the unfortunate man said he would shoot him if he did so ; and , before he- could get assistance , the deceased had committed the act , tho front of his cheek being literally blown away , and his brains strewed about thc room . As Inhuman Mother . —On Monday , " an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s

      Hospital , on the body of W . Copehmd , aged five , the son of J . Copeland , who was burnt to death . It appeared from the evidence of several respectable females that ever since the deceased's birth the mother had shown the greatest dislike towards her offspring , by unmercifully beating it without any apparent cause , not giving it nearly sufficient food , as its emaciated condition fully testified , and a short time since she was detected in attempting to suffocate it in a tub of water , but was prevented by some one entering . The neighbours had frequently remonstrated with her , and informed her husband of her conduct towards the deceased , but their complaints were of no avail . Last Saturday week the mother gave an alarm that the deceased had set

      huuself on fire ; a lodger ran into the room and found the deceased with his clothes on fire , and the mother in the act of extinguishing the flames . The fire was eventually extinguished , but not before the deceased was dreadfully burnt . Observing not the least vestige of a fire in the grate , or any wood lying about , the mother , who had stated that there had been no candle a-light , was asked how it happened ; when she stated that she had only left the deceased alone for about two minutes , and on her return she found him in flames . The witness , to make sure about the fire in the grate , put her hand in the centre of it without injuring it in the least . The deceased was conveyed to the hospital , where it died on the following day from the injuries by the burns . All the evidence went to show the impossibility of the deceased setting himself on fire , and it waa the general impression that thc mother had

      wilfully set fire to the clothes to destroy him . —Thc Coroner , in summing up , remarked that it was very rarely that direct evidence could be obtained as to the commission of such an inhuman act . The circumstances attending the deceased ' s death were very suspicious , and he liad a very strong opinion on the matter . The jury , after about half-an-hour ' B consultation , returned a vcrdictof " Wilful murder " against Maria Copeland , who was committed to Newgate on the coroner ' s warrant . Fatal Affrat . —An inquest was held by Mr . W . faker , on Wednesday , at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on Edward Rumbold , aged 29 , who was killed on Monday night last , in a pugilistic encounter with two men named nunt and Hunter , who stand remanded from the Worship-street police court , charged with having caused deceased ' s death . The inquiry was adjourned for further evidence .

      A Curious Verdict . — -An inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at the Plough , Carey-street , on Wednesday , on the body of Mr . B . Kakebread , salesman , It having been clearly shown that deceased inflicted a wound in his throat with a razor , and that he had within the last two or three previous days made away with £ 50 just bequeathed to him , the foreman of thejury announced the verdict as follows : — " We find that the deceased died of temporary insanity , produced by the wound on the throat . "The Coroner : Do you mean that , or that the wound was inflicted by himself in a state of insanity , and that it produced his death ?—Foreman : That is what we mean . —A verdict was accordingly recorded in somewhat different terms .

      Tm * Smithfield Nuisaxce . —On Monday , an infuriated ox , being driven frora Smithfield to the Surrey side ofthe river , knocked down , in Farringdon-street , a girl , named Coles , trampled on her , and inflicted very serious injuries . Being further irritated by the occurrence , it became perfectly uncontrollable , and proceeded at a headlong pace towards Blackfriars-bridge , where the animal was secured , not , however , before it had knocked down and injured several parties . The Tooiixg Cholera Cases . —Vestrt Meeting at St . Pancras . —On Wednesday a meeting of the vestry of St . Pancras was held for the purpose of requesting Mr . Popham , one of the medical officers employed to attend the cliildren in Mr . Drouet ' s

      establishment at Tooting , to explain his conduct in having attended a meeting at Westminster , and made certain charges against the directors and guardians of the Door . —Mr . Healey , a churchwarden , took the cnair . —Mr . T . _H . Smith brought the subject forward , and he complained that ( according to the report in the newspapers ) Mr . Popham had stated at the meetings in question that the guardians , when they visited Mr . Drouet ' s establishment , paid more attention to the gratification of their appetites by eating and drinking the good things placed before them , thin to the condition and sufferings ofthe poor children . —Mr . Popham , in explanation , said that in what he had stated

      respecting the guardians he had made no allusion to the authorities of St . Pancras . He had a perfect right to attend a meeting upon such a subject , but the opinion he then entertained towards Mr . Drouet had since then been very much changed . —After a long discussion upon the alleged misconduct of Mr . Popham ( who it appeared _neld office under the Board of Directors ofthis parish ) , Mr . _Uarnes moved a resolution to the effect that the explanation g iven by Mr . Popham respecting the statement said to have been made by him on the 31 st January , was unsatisfactory and highly censurable . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Hetherington . An amendment was proposed , but the original motion was carried .

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      A Curate Flogged. —A Rather Unusual And ...

      A Curate Flogged . —A rather unusual and exciting scene occurred on Friday week last at the adjacent quiet little town of Wilton—the curate of the new church , the Rev . Mr . Jacob , having been publicly assaulted by two gentlemen inthe square . From sundry pieces of explanation dropped at the time on the subject , it is accounted for as follows : — It appears that an elderly gentleman living in Leeds has a daughter , between whom and Mr . Jacob an acquaintance has . subsisted for some time past , and atthe father's house the supposed suitor was fed and lodged for the space of about two years . On obtaining his present curacy , however , it seems he left his lady love to sigh behind , and has altogether g iven up the connexion . The young lady ' s feelings being worked upon by this treatment , she became in an alarming state of excitement , and'this exasperating the feelings of her brother and father , they paid a visit to Salisbury , going thence to

      Wilton , on purpose to inflict the above summary punishment . Post-horses were ordered , with which they reached the Pembroke Arms Hotel ; then , watching their opportunity , a message was forwarded to the curate ' s residence , soliciting an interview on the part of two g entlemen . The unsuspecting man had reached as far as the square in complying with the request , when the father and son met him with outstretched hands ( but in them horsewhips ) , and both commenced a course of flagellation . Some bystanders interfered and held back the son , with an idea of fair play , and when the old gentleman had exhausted his strength by the exercise , left , the plaee , and immediately returned to London by the next train ; and so the matter ended for the present . Since this affair , the father of the curate , who resides in the Isle of Wight , has had an ' audience with the Bishop of Salisbury on the subject _wno , it is said , recommends a law-suit . —Skerbonu Journal . _r _,. n _^ _l „ S _? ' Br IIS Fatheh-Yabu , Saivbdat , i _; eb , 3 . —The murderer ia _ar-ulwayli _& wrer ,

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      named George Howe , whoso wife died in child-bed on the llth of November last , leaving behind her a boy , aged four years , and the deceased . On thc 14 th of November , he and his children went to live with a person named Bray , in this town . During his residence there he was heard to say , if he could get rid of his child he could marry a female directly with £ 300 . A few days back , the father told Mrs . Wood , Bray ' s housekeeper , that he was going to leave , and would send for the child . Mrs . Wood , not liking his manner from what she had previousl . v heard him say , refused to let the children go until she knew what provision he had made for their comfort . At five o'clock thc same evening , the father came home from work , when he found her feeding the child . Mrs . Wood left the room for a short time , taking the child with her . On her return the father immediately went to bed , and upon her recommencing to feed the child , it rejected its food , - - ----- ,

      and exhibited symptoms of being in great pain . Mrs . Wood ' s suspicions were immediately aroused , and having called her nephew up , she sent him with the remains of the food to Mr . Dale , a surgeon . The child continued in great pain till the following day , when it expired . The father was given into custody on suspicion ; and on Mr . Dale making a post mortem examination , he found oxalic acid in the food contained in the child ' s stomach . The father was identified as having , on the evening of the day he wished to take the child away , purchased half an ounce of oxalic acid . A bottle of oxalic acid solution was found concealed under Howe ' s bed , and he was forthwith committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the--wilful murder of the child . —It is stated that an application has been made for an order to exhume the remains of the prisoner ' s wife , who died some five or six weeks previous , and who , there is reason to suspect , was poisoned .

      Yorkshire . —The Recent Colliery Explosion . —Several praiseworthy efforts are being made in and around Barnsley for the purpose of laising a fund for relieving the widows and orphans of the seventy-five unfortunate individuals who lost their lives on the 21 th of January at Darley Main Colliery . M 0 NM 0 UIHSHinE .- _» _AlTEMrTED MuBDER AND SUICIDE . —In the village of Usk , on Monday week last , Frederick Williams was apprehended on a charge of felony . Thc next day he was taken before a magistrate , and committed for trial . He was placed in the custody of John Morgan , co istable , who locked him up in his own house for the _ni-jht , and the next morning , on leaving for thc prison , he was handcuffed by the right wrist to the constable ' s left , and thus they walked for about nine miles . On getting within two or three hundred yards of the gaol , the prisoner made a remark to tho constable , calling : oft his attention , and having previously ,

      without thc knowledge ofthe officer , drawn a knife from his pocket , he suddenly made a most ferocious and murderous attack on him , inflicting various wounds , one bein _** a most formidable _gasfi passing through and dividing the ear and reaching the nose . A person named Churchill , passing by on horseback , was horrified at seeing thc two men struggling on the ground and covered with blood . He called to thc prisoner to desist , but the only reply he got was that as soon as he had done for the constable , he would kill both him and his horse . Churchill then rode off to town for assistance , and having procured some men they returned in a few minutes , but the struggle was then going on . During the time Churchill was away , the prisoner had succeeded in disengaging himself , andhad cut his own throat . After some difficulty the knife was taken from Williams , when he and tho constable were removed to thc prison . Mr . Grcatwood , a surgeon , was soon in attendance , ' when he found that the officer had received two wounds on the

      throat , several on the head , and that the rig . it side of his face was cut entirely open . Thc constable rsinains in a very precarious state , but nothing fatal is anticipated from the wound in the throat of the prisoner . Murderous Outrage and Robbery at Birmingham . —On Monday week Mr . Enoch Beaslcy had been out collecting rents , and between eight and nine o'clock was proceeding towards his residence , carrying with him a bag containing £ 10 in silver . He had got nearly to the end of Cumberland-street , nnd when opposite a piece of waste ground , ho suddenly felt a hand on his bag . He turned hastily round , and saw a man standing beside him , who made a Wow at him with an open knife , and _swearing a horrible oath , told him to loose the bag ,

      or he would murder him . Mr . Beasley made an alarm and struggled for his property ; hut the fellow liad got a firm hold ofit , and while he held it with one hand stabbed Mr . Beasley four or five times in the arm and body . In the struggle the ruffian fell , but he recovered himself , and with redoubled fury struck at Mr . Beasley , knocked him down , and , leaving him bleeding and insensible on the ground , mado off with the money . Shortly afterwards a Mr . Cook , accompanied by his wife , were passing by the spot , when they were alarmed by Mr . Beasley ' s groans . They hastened to his assistance , and , with the aid of other persons and a policeman who happened to como up , ne was conveyed home . It was then found that he had

      received several wounds on the arm , inflicted with such force and violence that the knife had penetrated through two coats and his under apparel . Medical assistance was procured , and Mr . Beasley , was speedily so far recovered as to be able to give the particulars of the whole transaction , but no trace has as yet been obtained to the *> erpctrator of the outrage . _Although still suffering fvom tho effects of the injuries _ b received , Mr . Beasley is now nearly recovered . Confession op Murder . —An extraordinary confession was made on Thursday morning week by a young woman , an inmate of the Kingston poorhouse ( Portser . Island Union ) , of two most cold-blooded and predetermined acts of infanticide committed

      ten years ago . For sometime past the woman , whose name is Mary Ann Skinner , had been leading a most wretched life from poverty and other causes ; she had latterly become an inmate of the above-mentioned union , where , on Thursday , finding death apuroaching , she raved and called for one of the guardians to come to her . She called for her sister also , apparently a well-educated and respectable young woman , and then made a statement , which one of the guardians ( Mr . Marks ) took down in writing : that she was ' seduced by a gentleman , a member of the legal profession , then and now resident at Gosport * , that thc first fruit of their intercourse she , with his cognizance and persuasion , murdered ; that about twelve months

      afterwards she again became _enciente by her seducer , who took her to Portsmouth to a ball , where the pains of labour were brought on ; he took her back to Gosport , where she was confined the same night _, and a fine child was born alive ; the child was sent for by the seducer , taken away in a pocket kerchief by his clerk , and disposed of as the first had been ( a skeleton was found some years after in the very spot mentioned by the woman in her confession ) , * that the man gave her money ( £ 5 . ) to assist her to obtain her wants , and to keep secret the transactions . Other circumstances of infamy and atrocity are detailed in the confession , which bears thc signature ofthe gentleman who penned it , and six other respectable witnesses . Death terminated

      the sufferings of the unfortunate woman on Friday afternoon week . The person implicated in these atrocities has hitherto been considered one of the most respectable and honourable inhabitants of Gosport . The confession of the woman is very clear in names , dates , and circumstances ; and it is important to the credence of her statement to add that medical testimony pronounces her perfectly sane at the time of making the _dkclosures . _tt _TnnEE Lives were Lost on Saturday last near Leicester by the falling of a quantity of bricks upon some destitute persons who had sought shelter during the night beneath them . Bedfordshire . —Murderous Attack upon Two Policemen . —A desperate attack was made on two

      ofthe Beds , police about three o clock on Thursday morning week , near Stanbridge . Constables Parrott and Clough were directed to watch a certain place on account of suspicious circumstances . They accordingly watched on Wednesday night week , till about twelve o ' clock , when they saw two men leave a house in Stanbridge . Thc two men , it appears , went towards Egginton , and the police remained on tho look-out till about three o ' clock on Thursday morning , when they saw three men return , each having a sack on his back . The ¥ ) lice instantly seized them , when a conflict ensued _, he thieves at once threw down the sacks , one containing fowls , another barley , and the other peas . One ofthe thieves had a gun , and each a large bludgeon .. The gun was fired at Parrott , and the shot struck him on the left shoulder ; he was also struck with the bludgeon , and very much bruised . He managed to run away a short distance , but two

      of the rascals followed him , and recommenced the attack , first beating him over the body , and then giving him one or two blows over the head . One of them then said " We ' ve done for him , " and left him in an insensible state , He lay there for some time , but at length managed to get to Egginton , where the alarm was given , and assistance procured . A party then went in search of Clough , who had been similarly attacked by the ruffians , and who in the meantime had managed to get down to Stanhridge , hut he was quite incapable of giving any account of himself , and has up to the present time _continued in a state of unconsciousness . Great fears are entertained about his recovery . One © f the thieves , ifc is thought , was shot in some part of the body , and another had his head broken . A sack was left , which is marked " W . F . " or " M . F . " Robberies are continually taking place in that neighbourhood . Two men have been taken into custody on j

      suspicion . Stabbing . — On Monday , at the Manchester Borough Court , a man na med John Hanley was charged with stabbing John Miller , a cab-driver . On Sunday morning Hanley was driving a dog-cart , and some dispute had taken place between the two men , when the prisoner struck the cabman , who took off his coat and prepared to fight , nanley then took a wga clasp-knife from his pocket , and struck vio-

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      lently at Miller , wounding him severely . Committed to the assizes . . , Two Rogues . — A case of felony ofa novel character was preferred at Sheffield on Tuesday week , a _g ainst a fine bull and terrier dog and its owner , G _° _> or"c Stacey . On the previous evening , an individual named Stainfoi in , observed the man and dc- near a shoo shop on Sheffield Moor , and soon afterwards he saw master " Pompey" walkcarcfullv into the shop , and emerge thence with a pair of shoes in his mouth , which the dog's master put into his nockct _, and ran away . A policeman having been informed of thc affair , pursued and captured both thief and receiver . The biped was committed for trial , andthe quadruped was ordered _-..- _M-iin-. . _wnundinsrhim severely . Committed

      to be destroyed . Alleged Felony ht a Clerk . —The magistrates at Bristol , on Tuosday , were occupied in hearing a serious charge of felony against a confidential clerk tn the eminent mercantile firm of Miles , Kington , and Co . The accused , Christopher Matthew Sbaw West , was charged with stealing a certain valuable security for £ 500 . Mr . P . W . S . Miles , M . P . for Bristol , deposed that he , jointly with his brother , Mr . yfm . Miles , M . P . for East Somerset , was _exev . _itor of the estate of the late Mi * . Philip John Miles , and the accused , Mr . West , wa 3 a clerk in their employ . Amongst the effects ofthe deceased was a loan note ofthe Bristol and Gloucester Railway for £ 500 . This note had been stolen , and in a conversation with witness on the 16 th of January ,

      the prisoner admitted that he had deposited it with Mr . Robert _Goss , a shavebroker , as a security for money advancad to h * m . The prisoner had no right so to deal with the note , and had taken it feloniously . Mr . Goss , thc sharebroker , stated that some time ago the accused , who was well known to him , asked him if he could

      him ior trial . Norfolk . —Fatal Accident to M . Beverley , Esq . of Foncbt . —On Friday week this gentleman , who has followed the chace for the past forty years , met with a fatal accident . It seems that Mr . Beverley was out with the harriers , and was about taking a leap , when his horse refused , on which he was violently thrown over its head , and fell heavily on his skull . Some gentlemen made up to him as speedily as possible , but life was extinct . Exeter . — TnE Great Western Mail _Robbert . —On Tuesday week , Mr . Wiliesford applied to the bench for the restoration of the property taken from the _prisoners in this case at thc time of their apprehension—namely , to Nightingale a gold watch and diamond rintr ; and , to Poole , a £ 5 promissory

      note . The property was required , said the legal gentleman , for the purposo of enabling them to meet the expenses incident to their defence , their being no suspicion that these articles had been surreptitiously obtained . The application was met by a decided refusal from the bench , one of the magistrates asserting that Poole had a considerable sum in one of the banks in Exeter , and that he had been so informed by one of the bankers . It is stated that Poole and Nightingale have retained Mr . Cockburn , Q . C ., to defend them . _Ir-swicn . —Death of an Election Character . — On Monday week an inquest was held upon Thomas narrison , who was generally known by the cognomen of " Tlie Blessed Man . " It was his misfortune

      to be a free burgess of the borough of Colchester , and also of this borough , lie was a shoemaker bytrade . At every election for the last thirty years , whether it was for members of _parliament in Ipswich or Colchester , his body was in great requisition by all uarties ; or if an election for chief magistrates , town c . erk , & c , was at hand at Ipswich ( previous to the Municipal Reform Bill being passed ) , the first question of the partisan on either side was , " Where is tho ¦ Blessed Man V . " Great anxiety was displayed to secure him , and send him for weeks to a considerable distance in the country to be taken care of until the day of election . No sooner was his vote recorded , than the individual who had been the object of so much solicitation and tender care , was

      seen walking about the streets on his own account , no onc giving him even a passing smile . The poor fellow was then left to wander about the streets , picking up what pence he could from both parties , as each hoped to have him at the next election . At the inquest , Mary Webb , landlady of the Cow and Gate Inn , said deceased had of late come into the house of an evening , and asked permission to sleep in the stable loft . He told me lie came out of the union house at Tattingstone , on the 2 nd day of last January . I asked him how he lived , when he said he could always live in Ipswich , and he would die in Ipswich . He did not follow any trade that I am aware of , but seemed a quiet , fcchlo old man . I never saw him tho worse for drink . On the

      night of Saturday last , about eight o'clock , he came into the tap-room , and asked me if he might sleep in the loft as he had done before . I said I dare not have him sleep in the loft , and as he appeared very cold and ill , I said I was afraid he would die there and I added , "you had better go to the unionhouse . " He replied , he slept there the ni ht before , and that it was then too late to go there that night , but if I would let him sleep on the premises on Saturday night he wonW go home to Tattingstone the next morning . I told him to come in and warm himself , and that I would direct the ostler to make him a comfortable bed . I left him sitting by the tap-room fire , and shortly after I found the deceased had gone away . He had half a pint of beer when he

      came in on Saturday evening . I asked him if he wanted anything to eat , and he said he had had something in the morning at the union-house , but he could not cat . He was alone in the tap-room on Saturday evening , and no one gave him anything . Sunday morning the ostler said , " Tom Harrison laid in the stable very ill . " I went to him , got him up ; he walked into tho house , and sat by the fire an hour and half . I gave him some brandy , which he drank and said ho was very ill . I sent for Mr . Adams , the surgeon , who came directly , but deceased died just before his arrival . The jury returned a verdict of " Death by exhaustion and

      exposure to the weather , and not from any violence or neglect . " Kent . —An unusual number of sudden deaths have lately occurred in Chatham and its neighbourhood . Among others we may mention that of Dr . Curtoise , physician to the forces , who appears to have been only a day or two unwell prior to his decease . Mr . _Banvall , ofthe Mitre flotel , has lost two sons within one week , and an elderly man named Mallett , a storehouse labourer in the royal dockyard , dropped down dead a few days ago . The village of Gillmgham , in the vicinity " of Chatham , which lately experienced a severe attack of cholera , is now almost free from it , but a tew cases have occurred in Troy Town , near Rochester .

      Post-Office Robbery at Carmarthen . —We have already reported the fact that onc of the daughters ofthe uostmaster at Carmarthen is now in gaol awaiting ner trial for stealing money letters . It is now stated that about £ 200 in bank notes were found in the possession of the prisoner , and other property , such as purses , jewellery , and other fancy articles , amounting in value in the aggregate , including the cash , to about £ 600 ; and we have been requested to state that it is particularly desired that persons who have lost letters , or any other property , will immediately give information to the post-office authorities in London , with accurate descriptions of lost property , so that , if amongst the articles that have been found , all such may be identified and

      restored to the owners . —London Baily Paper . Burglary . —Plymouth . —On Sunday night the extensive drapery establishment of Messrs . Dabb , Bundle , and Brown , was entered , and cash to the value of £ 130 taken . The thieves are supposed to haveentered by the area grating in Old Town-street . Finding the inner counting-house door locked , they , with some clumsy instrument , cutaway a portion of the door jamb , but not being very successful here they abandoned the door for one of the largo panes of glass in the partition window , in which they found a small hole . This hole they soon increased , and quietly extracted every portion of glass from the frame . Entrance being thus obtained , they broke into the counting-house money-drawer and

      took £ 110 ., principally in Bank of England Notes of the Plymouth branch , leaving untouched several bills of exchange and checks for a considerable sum . They then proceeded to the shops , and with gimblets bored down through two mahogany desks upon the ends ofthe bolts of the cash-drawer locks , but the bolts would not start ; they , therefore , cut away the fronts of the desks and extracted about £ 20 from the tills , leaving a quantity of postago stamps and one farthing , which happened to be marked . No attempt was made on any other drawers but those containing cash , and no goods of any description are missing . By the deliberate course taken , it appears evident the thieves were not only well acquainted with tho premises , but also with the mode in which business was transacted in them .

      _SALFonn Police . —A _Londoj * _Emioration Agent . —On Tuesday , a « aaa named Samuel Saunders , was brought up under a warrant , charged with de _trling his family . Mr . Armitt , assistant-overseer , deposed that in March last the prisoner left his wife and family , and went away with a woman named Smith . In April , Mrs . Saunders became chargeable io the township , and since tliat time she had reoeived £ 19 12 s . She was now receiving 7 s . per week . Mr . Neale , chief-constable , went to London , and apprehended the prisoner on Monday , at his office , Theobald-road , Holborn , London . From the papers found in his possession , it appeared that when he left his wife , ae went to America , where he fell in with several persons belonging to the Society of _Frwnds , who liad large tracts of land to sell , and they authorised him to act as their agent in England for the disposal of the land . In November last , Saunders eame back io Eagland for that purpose , and opened aa agency _< offiee ja _'TJiertftW ' _S-f m ,

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      som e of \ a 8 letters , addressed to persons in London , he iniimates his intention to return shortly to America , having sold tracts of land to between two and three hundred persons . From the copy of a letter , wliich his son identified to be in his handwriting , it appears that he has been representing himself as a widower , and soliciting the hand ofsome lady in London . The prisoner was remanded . Fatal Acoident at Corpus Ciiristi College , Oxford . — An inquest was _halJ on Tuesday , in thc Old Bursary Room , of Corpus Christi College , before G . V . Cox , Esq ., M . A ., University Coroner , and a jury of matriculated citizens , on the body of Charles Blackstone , scholar of that society , and son of the Rev . F . C . Blackstone , Vicar of Heckfield , some of \ _, ' i 8 letters , addressed to persons in London ,

      Hants , who accidentally met with his death from the discharge of a pistol . Evidence was given that Mr . Blackstone had hired a pistol , and purchased powderandballof Mr . Pcthcr , gunmakcr , in company with a fellow collegian , for the purposo of Bhooting a rat which annoyed him very much in his rooms . On the evening of Monday the deceased had been to a friend ' s rooms at Exeter College , and supped with him and two others . That Tie left about a quarter before eleven o ' clock , alleging as a reason / or not staying later that he wished to be up inthe morning to attend chapel . He went direct to the college , where soon after twelve o ' clock he was found by one of his friends lying on the sofa , quite dead , with a pistol in his right hand which had been discharged , the contents having entered deceased ' s

      left side ) and lodged in the spine , from whence the ball was extracted . Tho report of thc pistol was not distinctly heard by any one . It is supposed that deceased , who was perfectly sober , was in the act of watching for the rat , with the pistol cocked , and that from some cause it exploded , and killed him . The . jury , after a lengthened investigation , returned the following verdiet : — " That the . said Charles Blackstone caused his own death by accidentally discharging a loaded pistol which he ( as has been satisfactorily proved tothe jury ) had been in the habit of incautiously handling , in his room . " Mr . Blackstone , who was in the 23 _rn year of his age , was a very talented young man . He obtained the Newdigate prize , " Columbus in chains , " at the recent commemoration .

      Murder near _Brighto _** . —On Wednesday morning , a little before four o ' clock , information was given at the Brighton Town Hall by Mr . Hodson and Mr . Kirton , that Mr . Griffith , the brewer , had been murdered . These townsmen had been out on a shooting excursion , and on their way homewards , at a very late hour , they discovered a body lying on the road between Dale-gate and the " Plough at Piecombe , which , on investigation , turned out to be that of Mr . Griffith . It was resting on the back , and life was extinct . The hat ofthe deceased was p icked up a few yards off , his pockets were turned inside out and rifled , and a wound was discovered in the chest , showing that he had been shot through the body by his assailant . A gig whip and part of

      a rem , cut , were also picked up on the spot , leaving no doubt that deceased had been waylaid by highwaymen . The spot where the murder was committed is immediately under the South Down-hill , and there is only one dwelling near the place , namely , a farm-house in tho occupation of Mr . Mannington , and one of Mr . Mannington's servants heard the report ofa pistol between nine and ten o'clock in the evening , supposed to have been the time the murder was committed . Mr . Griffith had been in the country collecting cash , and he arrived at Henfield soon after eight o'clock ; and having baited his horse he left Henfield at ton minutes before nine o ' clock , and tiie spot where he was murdered was about four miles from Henfield , so that hemusthave reached the place whore he lost his life at about half-past nine . The horse and gig were found at Poyning , the reins were cut nearly close up to the

      hand , and it is evident that they had both been cut _asunderjbya sharp knife . In January last deceased received an anonymous letter warning him of an attack from robbers . The letter was as follows : —'' Sir , — Some parties intend to rob you the next time you goes to Horsham , so be on your guard . " The letter bears the superscription of " Mr . Martin , Griff ' s Brewery , Bri g hton , and it was posted in Trafalgar-street , Brighton . There is no doubt that the writer of the letter knows the guilty pai ties , and every exertion is being used on the part of the police to discover the murderers . We understand that the cash deceased had with him did not amount to more than about £ 20 . —Mr . Griffith took two pistols with him , and when his body was discovered one of the p istols was found lying by his side dischaged , whilst the other pistol was found in his pocket loaded . He has left two boys , one eight and the other ten years of age .

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      Conflict With Poachkrs.—On Saturday Last...

      Conflict with Poachkrs . —On Saturday last G . Laing and John Laing were examined before Sheriff -Arkloy on a charge of poaching and assault , committed on a plantation on the estate of Itosebery , parish of Temple . It appeared that on the previous evening thc prisoners , along with three others , each having a gun in their possession , trespassed on the plantation with the evident design of poaching . The gamekeeper on the estate , having heard the report of fire arms , proceeded to the ground , accompanied by three other individuals . They had not been long there before they met the party of poachers , one of

      whom ( J . Laing ) , within a few yards of them , shot a fine hen pheasant seated on an adjoining tree . The gamekeeper witnessing this , immediately sprang forward and grasped Laing , and at the same moment the forester seized his brother , but the other depredators contrived to make their escape , The two Laings made a desperate struggle to get free , and struck right and left with their fire-arms , and in the serious conflict that took place the gamekeeper was thrown down and cut in the head , while several of the forester ' s teeth were driven out , The prisoners were remitted to a higher court for trial .

      Death by Drowning . —On Saturday last Mr . W . B . Mackinlay , ship-broker , of Glasgow , was proceeding across a plank from the North-quay , to the schooner Thomas , of Dundaik , when he unfortunately missed his footing and fell into the water , between a vessel lying inside the Thomas and the quay . The noise of the fall having been heard by the watchman , Mr . Mackinlay was immediately brought out , and conveyed to the Clyde Police-office , but it was found that life was extinct .

      Conflict With Poachkrs.—On Saturday Last...

      for some years , and for some reasons , _whichTT _" transpire , he had repeatedly threatened Mr v , « ° t den with violence , and on the previous even ; _"i ned his threat into execution by _fii-intr a n j " % car . 3 into Mr . M'Frdden _' _s face , and that _$£££ % m been so much injured in the eye tnat J , e 1 " _^ 'Hor able to attend at the office to give his _evident "Wo" prisoner who , it was stated , is nephew to th T } '' - Judge Fox , of Dublin , was remanded . m _ht-Fi Emigration to England . —Thc _Waterfor-i , to nicle of Saturday last contains the followh _^ _,,, * ' _" . in announcement : — " Yesterday the _William S ' sailed from our port to Liverpool , bearine winSi _^ a upwards of 500 ofthe most wretched c 4 , ! f _** of grants we ever beheld ; they were nearly nil e tdo ( few over twenty , and literally in ra _<* s" ' _* _- > _j pa ] On Thursday week last a public dinner Wi- J to Archbishop _M'Hale , in Tuam , on his ret ., r * > _* ¦ " Rome . Dr . M'Hale propounded his project ? S a l relief of distress and the regeneration ofhAi ?\ % ** l for some years , and for some _ho-iai .. _^ iT _^

      _'"follows :- — " And as the Repeal ofthe Union , ' ' e yet be deemed sufficiently near or _practical \\''"~ ' but the tenants of Ireland have but the le' _* ai ! i \ * ;; of a tenure and a remuneration for their outl' * _¦•* J desolating landlords pay a certain tax for tim ! ' ¦ ' ?! . from which they drive out men to mak e r - + beasts ; let the surplus spoils of the useks * ' V _bllshment tbat has so long encumbered _aiV _^ 1 pressed the country revert to its original andv" r _ire ful trustee—the Catholic Church—in _proporti ¦ < tlie present incumbents fall off , not a fart )/? Tl whose Ufe interest I would touch : let this ' " -ui fund , thus accumulated , again he dispense , ] _"" _* ' _ A was once , entirely in works of mercy and 0 f 'J * ta tion . ( Cheers ) . I will pledge myself that with !• re simple process , which , so far from involvin-r J ~ £ 1 tice , restitution demands , you will see ere kin . !* ' nr

      land smiling with the three-fold blessings of A' -wl ful industry , spontaneous _chauty , and a reli „ jr B because a free and unrestricted , education , _rtf cheers . ) J at The New Potato Chop . —Potatoes are " , [ ro H planted to a very considerable extent , and _-, _* _" ,, cc generally throughout the country . " tl Imsn Whisky fob _California . —The c / ., ; Free Press says : — " List week ten punclico ! _, _! ' te whisky were shipped from a celebrated distiiji . , * d _< this neighbouohood for California . " ' C ( Dublin , Tuesday . —Poor Laws . —Tenant l _" , . —Two meetings to deliberate upon the above n _^ _** tions were held yesterday—one in Navan , pro ';/ - _^ over by the High Sheriff of the county of _> w _**

      -the second at Maryborough , in ihe Queen ' s <• _% _^ Among the resolutions adopted at the former )¦ ct following were thc most nrominent : — " That &• ' * what has already occurred in Parliament , a It-. ' •' encd inquiry , it is to be feared , is'likel y to _£ *! place , ( on the amendment of the Poor Law , ) - _^ J ' wliich a great breadth of land will be unfilled , v the poor left unemployed ; we consider that a ' _£ , act should be enacted , which would make eacli _^ "** payer to take credit against his rating accordin-, ' ' * the number of poor employed by him , who j-. ; , * otherwise become chargeable under the present _{ ' _+ and thus stimulate instant employment . " Aim- ; " resolution , while it calls for such a mode of taxjp ; a as shall stimulate individual exertion , requires _^ I at the same time , it shall not be such as to e »{ ' rage or promote the clearance of land . 1 State of Cmme in Clare . —Tho Clan . _'„„ *

      contains an account of the murder of a man n- _£ . * Nicholas . Scanlan , of Lettermoylan , who , on _U- . _^ turn from the fair of Milltown Malbay , on Thurl- ; last , was attacked by six men , who beat _liiti ' . unmercifully with stones and a tongs that he , . 3 shortly after . Thc same journal states that : - - sheep have been stolen from off the lands of Tk _? - land , the property of Sir Lucius O'Brien , * _£ j and contains an account of the plunder of _tn-o-. / _< of meal belonging to Messrs . Russell , of Li mer . " < on its ' passago to Clare . _> State of Clonmel . —The following account ? : ] responds with others of a similar nature from na _; j all parts of the kingdom . The cry of the land ! -- . ¦ .. '„ -, because they cannot collect their rents , is e _" _, _;' - louder , and re-echoed again and again by the - ?• . Wj than any raised in the year 1847 , when so mariv ; j fortunate peasants died of starvation . ' j

      Scarcely a day passes over in and about ; : neighbourhood that whole families don ' t give ' their lands and quit for America . There never * ] known to be so much land deserted as at pre * _] In one case the landlord has been forced to take < over 300 acres within the last fortnight , in ami : i 180 , and others ranging from 150 to twenty an : and in nearly every case at a sacrifice of from i ¦ ,-and a half to four years' rent , which has been lowed to lie in arrear . Ifthe owners of the : ; ] refuse to take up the land without reniittin- _* ,- * . . ' tion of the rent due , the tenant will reply , " ' tlie your land for you in better order than when 1 go : j and if you don't like to tako it , leave it , but a : . thing rent I cannot give—I require all I kv H > carry myself and my helpless family to the sL : . i of America . " The above words were used : landlord the other day .

      Cholera ix Belfast , —The following is the : cial return for Saturday and Monday : —Kemai :. at last report , 49 ; new cases , 3 rd and 4 th inst ... * . deaths , £ ; recoveries , 8 ; remaining under trment , 63 . Total cases since commencement , ;' deaths , 97 ; recoveries , 113 ; remaining , ( _J 3 . Detention of Mr . Duffy ' s Letters . — " For last six months , " says the Freeman , " every k : and newspaper addressed to him ( Mr . Duffy editor of the Nation , has been opened and dttli : , i , i at the Post Office , without thc smallest now , i him . " Having heard by accident , at the end o ; |? months , of the practice , he applied for his let | ; ( which , for aught he knows , may contain large ; _| f mittances , or information more important _t : ' _$£ money ) , and was informed that the letters wm _M ; tually detained on the plea that there was no ci 1 (;

      of the Nation when the paper ceased , and thai -0 > the secretary of the Post Office could do in W matter was to refer the question to his solicit "' : The government first suppressed . Mr . Dutfy ' _s p . - by force , and then sei 2 _ea his property , on tk j tence that there was no longer an editor of : Nation , because their police were in posses . * the premises . The solicitor of the Post _Oitlc-v ;< given his answer , that Mr . Duffy's letters and pat- ' _^ _, cannot be given up . _# _Dublix , Wednesday . —Trial of Mr . Gavax Di" ( _* _$ * —The Commission opened yesterdav , before ! ; l _£ Justice Ball and Mr . Baron Lefroy , " when the i _^ bill of indictment against Mr . Duffy was sent w _$£ grand jury , who found " a true bill on ail : - ;* v | S ' counts . " Mr . Duffy will be called upon top J ?' this day . - _* ;' : ; _.-

      State of the Poor . —Deaths from _starvation , * _¦??¦; --still almost daily announced in thc Western- ' \ _'f- | y southern papers . Thc Rev . Peter Ward , f |;| v priest of Aughagowcr , Mayo , in a letter _t " ' _J _^ Freeman s Journal , gives thc details of three i- ' _; , ' , , ; ' _- ' ' and mentions that the coroner is fully _octupW ' _^ | holding inquests in the parish of Kilmeona oe' ;« _$ tiros of starvation . " . _W-i \ ¦

      Repayment of Treasury Advances . — The ; . _* Constitution states , that a peremptory order te ' | issued to the treasurer of the county to !•* - ¦ ' _- ¦ | warrants to the several baronial constables : ' | lect and pay in to him , before thc ensuing » * | the sum of £ 16 , 000 , being a moiety ofthe * - J under the Labour Rate Act . | Incendiarism in Ulster , —This _alarmi" : ' _:-mysterious system of outrage still continue- -- -. m Northern Whig says : — " On Sunday evening _*¦; : ' of these unaccountable fires took place in tin _' ' .. a land of AIk

      Ballymiscaw , near Dundonald . _* _^ o ' clock , a hay stack in the yard of Mr . •;*] respectable farmer , was observed to be _ontW i neighbours , ' however , having arrived at <* _' ¦ - ' A in considerable numbers , the fire was soon f The police searched the surrounding _neigM-- ; ' _' but were unable to put their hands on any l _; 'l whom suspicion could rest . It having bee " _ however , that Mv . _Yovwvg ' a servant , a iw _*! Mullen—the party , who , we are informe d , _f : ' the alarm—was absent , tho police ju _dg _*™ ra dent to await his return . He returned _dufffl night , and was arrested and examined befojj * p Gordon , Esq ., and Captain Saunders , _J- _'f ordered a remand . " 8 '

      Kilkenny . —Barbarohs Murdeb . -0 » _»¦¦;¦ of Thursday week , Mrs . Catherine _Fitzp- ' _^ J widow lady of seventy years of age , ) of _^ _V in the barony of Galmoy , was found _lyinff _j ' A well near her house . An inquest was M '" | bo dy on Monday , when it appeared that tw * . | ¦

      took her usual walk on the night of tue »» not returning , a search was instituted , ± body was found in tho well _. in a position siw _^ have placed herself in . The evidence oi _»}¦ -j , and Dr . Thompson , of Johnsto wn , fully coestablishing the fact of the murder , w ' that there were marks upon the neck , _* " l that the deceased had been strang led bm _^ thrown into the water , and there wen- _^ bruises upon the head . The jury r _^_ _Lf of «« Wi lful murder against some parties uu

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      Dublin.—The State Prisoners.—Writs Oj? E...

      Dublin . —The State Prisoners . —Writs oj ? Error . —It is likely that the Writs of Error in the case of Messrs . Smith O'Brien , M'Manus , and O'Donohue , will he argued before the Houso of Lords early in the next month . Stoppage of a Mail Gokcrt— . A fa-r a *™ _„ _-

      the mail coach which leaves Nenagh for Templemore every evening at eight o ' clock , p . m ., was stopped outside Monoygall , at a place called Castletown opposite the sugar loaf moat , by a large barricade of stones , built completely across the road . No person , however , appeared , owing , perhaps , to the presence of Constable Connor , who _wasapassenwer and after half-an-hour ' s arduous exertions the rampart was in part removed , and a passage through cleared for the horses . Constable Connor proceeded to Tcmplemore for the protection of the coach , but no other impediment presented itself . The down train from Dublin was delayed twenty minutes at the station waiting for the mail .

      Attack on a Poor-Rate Collector . —The following appears in the Kilkenny Moderator : — " On Thursday evening week , at about four o ' clock , as Martin Maher , poor-rate collector , was returning from Urlingford , he was waylaid a short distance beyond the mill of that village by two men who knocked him and his wife , who was riding behind him , off the horse , and inflicted a severe beating on the former . The perpetrators of the outrage are unknown , but they are believed to be Tipperary men , hired for that purpose . "

      The Newry Examiner states : — " That on Wednesday night week as the ballast engine and train of waggons attached were returning from Castleblaney ana travelling at a speed of about twenty miles an hour , and when within about six miles of this town tho engine received a violent shock , and after several rebounds , it ran off the line , bringing with it the entire train of ballast waggons . On examining the spot it was found that some miscreants had placed a rail , weighing five cwt ., directly across the line with the intention , no doubt , of sacrificing thc lives of many . No lives , however , were lost , _although there were about sixty persons on the waggons A similar attempt was made to upset a tram on the Waterford and Kilkenny railway on Sunday week last , but which was providentially discovered before the arrival ofthe train .

      State of Donegal . —A letter was sent last week to a gentleman possessing large property in Donegal and Lcitrim , threatening him with death unless he discharged certain servants . The gentleman at first laughed at the threat , but when he considered the vast sums he had expended during the last four f eu * in giving employment to the poor , _havinc _* _spent his entire rent-roll , together with £ 1 , 000 hor " rowed from government for _draining-he became so _annoyed at the ungrateful return Se had _receded that he resolved on advertising his furniture W ? At _i % ' Sale ' * -tawe Sd ' _I-vceease of Crime . -TIic -provincial _iournals coniam

      numerous accounts of outrages , robberies on the _jHghway apd plunder of _protons , proving Ef ** T _* , ? f . dlsor Sa' » 6 ation resulting from thi destitute _fiondition of the peasantry . In some _infitonccs , notwithstanding the general abandonment oi larms , threatening notices are served , with a view of intimidating persons from , taking land from winch others had been evicted . Tiie Attempt to Shoot Mr . M'FJL _!> dbx . —Michael _Frederick Fox was on Friday week _brought up to the Henry-street police office on a charg'e of having attempted to shoot Mr . M'Fadden . It a _wpwued mi tlie prisoner bad been a client of Mr . _M-i _^ dden

      Shipwrecks. Wreck Of The Tigris -About I...

      SHIPWRECKS . Wreck of the Tigris -About i , 050 _tag : namon , and about fifty tons of t _™ . " . jpfc have been saved from the wreck ot tne _^ and a considerable quantity more ot w . _^ tide is likelv to be safely brought o _*« | _' ; the exertions of Messrs . Doano and 6 _« ; divers , from Whitstable . . , _1-: ' Milford HAVEN .-Thc transport I "' ' _^ from Cork for Bengal , with a division _^ Foot on board , has put into this port- t 0 l - that , after leaving Cork , she en counteicu _^ _^ severe weather , when sho shipped lica >> - _^ -, spoiled a large quantity of provision s , _« , _y sidcrable injury tothe vessel . i « ' _J-, consists of Captain Durnford , Licute _^ ' nan , Wills , Chute , and Cr awky , one sur ,, _^ sergeants , one drummer , and hi } »• . _$ i This force hasbeen landed and bilwtiu f , of Milford , and will remain there _whusis repairing .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10021849/page/6/